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10 fun facts about Pixar’s short films
This month, Chronicle Books releases The Art of Pixar Short Films which goes behind the scenes of the small films that helped Pixar become an animation fan favorite. Many look forward to seeing these shorts when they accompany Pixar’s feature-length films in the theaters.
Author Amid Amidi, also author of Cartoon Modern and co-founder of Cartoon Brew, has written up a blog post over at Chronicle Books Blog with behind the scenes trivia that he discovered while writing the book. When you’re done with the list, enter their contest to win a copy of the book and a copy of the Disney DVD, “Pixar Short Films Collection, Vol. 1”
New books: ‘The Art of Up’ and ‘The Art of Pixar Short Films’
Two new books are now available for pre-order on Amazon. They are: The Art of Up and The Art of Pixar Short Films. Below are the covers for each book. Click on the images to be taken to the Amazon pages where you can pre-order them at the discounted price.
The Art of Ratatouille
JimHillMedia has very nice feature up that highlights some early Ratatouille art that is featured in the book, “The Art of Ratatouille”.
“It is one of the more intriguing aspects of the production history of Pixar’s latest, “Ratatouille.” The fact that this animated feature started off with one director, Jan Pinkava, and then wound up being completed by yet another director, Brad Bird. So why exactly did that happen? More importantly, what would Jan Pinkava’s version of “Ratatouille” have been like?” Find out by clicking here.
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